Everett Hale (1822-1909)

Everett Hale (1822-1909) was born in Boston, Massachusetts on 3 April 1822 , American author and Unitarian minister, orator and statesman.

His forceful personality, organizing genius, and liberal practical theology (богословие), together with his deep interest in the anti-slavery movement, popular education and the working-man's home, were active in raising the tone of American life for half a century.

Нe was the author or editor of more than sixty books: fiction, travel, sermons, biography and history .

Я лишь один из многих, но и я кое-что значу. Я не могу сделать все, но могу предпринять хоть что-нибудь. И пусть я не способен изменить все, но я сделаю то, что в моих силах.

• “ Look up and not down; look out and not in; look forward and not back, and lend a hand.” 

• Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds - all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have.

Quotes

• Together — one of the most inspiring words in the English language.
• Coming together is a beginning;
• keeping together is progress;
• working together is success.

Quotes

The Man Without a Country and Its History

First published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1863 and written to inspire patriotism and combat Northern sympathy with the Confederacy during the Civil War, this classic story met with immediate praise and acceptance. It concerns the fate of Philip Nolan, a young army officer who was caught up in the eddies of the Aaron Burr affair of 1807